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Promotion time: Latham keeps City round at two as new partners focused on Big Apple

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Latham & Watkins may have been aggressively sweeping up City talent from rivals but the US-based giant is remaining conservative on making up its own in the Square Mile with the firm this week confirming the promotion of two partners in London.

Charles Armstrong in finance and corporate specialist Huw Thomas have been appointed to partnership in the firm’s City office, with the duo coming amid a 31-strong global promotion round. Latham also promoted two partners in London in 2016 amid a firm-wide tally of 27.

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